A few days ago my printer died, which forced me into researching printers and buying a new one. But that brought with it another dilemma… Read about it here and I’d love to hear your thoughts about the situation: https://classicandcozybooks.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-consumer-dilemma.html … Continue reading →
Spent a lot of yesterday and all of this morning getting Hunter’s Quest ready for print. The cover is similar to the ebook cover but slightly different. Thanks to Sarah Katherine Gerdon for editing it, there are a few updates … Continue reading →
I love the beach! I love taking long walks on the sand, dabbling my feet in the water, sitting on the porch sipping coffee or something stronger, depending on the time of day, lazing in the sun, and just relaxing. … Continue reading →
My son moved to England almost fifteen years ago now. He’d gone over to Wales to work on a degree in Writing and while there met the woman who would become his wife. After she finished her degree, they moved to … Continue reading →
Coming July 31 from Down and Out Books is a new anthology from the Triangle Sisters in Crime chapter titled, Carolina Crimes: 21 Tales of Need, Greed and Dirty Deeds. I’m excited to announce that I have a story in … Continue reading →
Despite all my positive words about how much I love writing and doing blog tours, as I’m working on this tour, I realize how time-consuming and mind rattling it really is. Because I have this great compulsion to hurry up … Continue reading →
My blog has been sadly neglected for way too long. Lots of excuses – family visiting, an unexpected overload of work, the temptation of the garden, a pile of contest books and chapters to read and grade. They’ve all seemed … Continue reading →
I’ve teamed up with more than 45 fantastic women sleuth mystery authors to give away a huge collection of novels to 2 lucky winners, PLUS a Kindle Fire to the Grand Prize winner! You can win my novel A Gift … Continue reading →
I did a guest blog post at Pam’s Wild Rose Blog for her #TuesdayTreasures feature. Check out my unusual souvenir collection. http://pamswildroseblog.blogspot.com/2016/09/tuesdaytreasures-guest-post-by-karen.html
Continue reading →When I first began writing seriously, many years ago, I dreamed of being published. That was the goal, the Grail, the thing all my effort was directed at. Then in 1988, I got “the call” from Avalon Books. The editor … Continue reading →